All of the color properties below use a common set of controls similar to the following:

When the Use Theme is configured, which is the default, Halogen uses the current page theme color.

When Custom is configured, Halogen uses the color shown in the color chooser. To select a new custom color, click on the color chooser drop-down arrow and scroll the list to find the color that you desire to use, then click on it.

The number beside the color in the color chooser is a unique reference number for that color to help you set the custom color to a specific color, perhaps matching a custom color that you've selected for a page element.

The color reset button resets the custom color to the current theme color and changes the selection to Use Theme.

All of the layout properties below use a common set of controls similar to the following:

As you change the page element's position or size, the layout properties change to reflect the current settings.

You can also change position or size by entering new values directly into the Layout property text boxes.

note: Some page elements do not support resizing in both dimensions. In this case, the layout properties area shows all of the settings (X, Y, W, and H), but disables those you cannot change. For example, the HAL system sets a Selector control's height according to the number of selections in the active link. Because of this, the control page designer disables the H text box for the control.

The reset button resets Height and Width to the defaults for the page element's selected Size.

UI Element

Purpose

Layout

The top left (X,Y) position and height and width of the workspace label.

Border: Show Border

Check this box to display the workspace label's border on the control page. Uncheck this box to hide the border.

Border: Border Size

A drop down menu which selects the size of the workspace label's border as it appears on the control page.

Border: Border color

This is the color setting for the workspace label's Border.

Background: Show Background

Check this box to display the background color in the workspace label. If you uncheck this box, the workspace label's background is transparent.

Background: Background color

This is the color setting for the workspace label's Background.

Text: Text

This is the text of the workspace label.

Text: Text color

This is the color setting for the workspace label's Text.

Text: Text Size

A drop down menu which selects the text size for the workspace label.

Text: Style

Select style attributes for all of the text in the workspace label to be normal or any combination of bold, italic, and underlined.

Text: Alignment

The first set of three buttons allows horizontal alignment of the workspace label text to the left, center, or right of the label box.

The second set of three buttons allows vertical alignment of the workspace label text to the top, center, or bottom of the label box.

Layering

All elements on a control page can overlap each other and are layered according to the order that you added them to the page. If you'd like to adjust the order so that this element appears either behind or in front of the other elements it overlaps, use these controls.

To move the element to the top of the order, so that it is in front of all other elements on the page, click the icon.

To move the element to the bottom of the order, so that it is behind all other elements on the page, click the icon.